Triple

T704468
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Cancer Society E14068 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William H. Welch Jr.
William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
E187168 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William H. Welch Jr. | Statement: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William H. Welch Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Welch Jr.
Context triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William H. Welch Jr.]
  • A. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • D. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William H. Welch Jr.
Triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William H. Welch Jr.]
Generated description
William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Welch Jr.
Target entity description: William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
  • A. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Arthur Loomis Harmon
    Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
  • D. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • E. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a533fa788190bba0f55655469c46 completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad67e82a2481909f6d2737f820121a completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad68895550819080fdc84d77201e60 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad6902cb3c8190ba36dc74e1dccb26 completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.